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Small magnifier given to astronomer William Bayly by Captain James Cook
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George Serras, National Museum of Australia |
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| Title |
Small magnifier given to astronomer William Bayly by Captain James Cook |
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| Description |
Circular magnifier hand-lens in a tortoiseshell frame, hinged to a circular tortoiseshell cover. The lens frame swings outwards on a tiny brass axle pin from between two oval mottled-green tortoiseshell covers. The magnifier is housed in a silver case in the shape of a ship's capstan. The silver case is dated 1843. In the National Historical Collection of the National Museum of Australia. |
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| Date | 1776 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Width 33mm; height 27mm; depth 14mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
2006.0088.0001.001 |
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| Object history | Captain Cook is said to have given this magnifier to William Bayly, astronomer on board the HMS Discovery during Cook's third voyage to the Pacific from 1776-79. The magnifier attests to the significance of Cook and his voyages in the British, and subsequently the Australian, imagination. The magnifier documents the role of William Bayly, assistant to the Astronomer Royal, who sailed on the second and third of Cook's voyages, and visited Australia twice. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | When using this image, please credit the photographer and the National Museum of Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Self-photographed [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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